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Apple launches wide-ranging health study to help develop future features
- Apple has launched a new research study, the Apple Health Study, which gathers data from iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods to explore relationships between different areas of health.
- The study will be conducted in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and will focus on various health topics, such as activity, aging, cardiovascular health, cognitive health, and more.
- With a broad scope and potential scale, the Apple Health Study aims to uncover new connections in health research that may have been previously overlooked.
- The study, expected to last about five years, will include data from a vast and diverse cohort of Apple product users, enabling researchers to accelerate discovery and progress.
- By including a wide range of participants, the study may help fill in information gaps and address disparities in healthcare that arise from limited participant pools in traditional clinical studies.
- One of the goals is to develop proactive features based on study findings, such as early detection of changes in hearing linked to reduced cognitive decline.
- Apple's track record of implementing features from health research includes the recent hearing test feature in AirPods, derived from the Apple Hearing Study.
- While tangible outcomes from the Apple Health Study may take a few years to materialize, it is expected to lead to the development of various health-related features in Apple products.
- The study's principal investigator, Calum MacRae, is optimistic that the study's scale and diversity will significantly impact the pace of medical discovery and improve healthcare interventions.
- Apple's holistic approach to health research aims to use data from its devices to drive informed decisions about product features and enhancements, guided by scientific evidence.
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